descending steep driveway
My sister and her Husband own 4 acres of land in the mountains of Colorado. They just recently had a road graded in and invited us to camp on their property over memorial day weekend. I went to look...
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One thing that I have learned is that my electric brake controller does not respond well at low speeds. When going slowly down steep hills with limited traction and especially if there is a turn involved I need to keep a hand on the manual override to keep from getting out of control.
You did not give us any information on what the transition looks like going from 16% to level. I have a steeper slope in my driveway and have never had an issue with anything dragging but then I have about a 100ft long transition zone. Getting enough traction to pull a trailer up the slope can be issue, especially if it is covered in loose gravel instead with no fine materials to hold the gravel in place. If you have a 4wd truck and it weighs at least half as much as your trailer and the surface is a well packed mix you should be OK, as long as there hasn't been any hard rain to cause washouts. I keep my 4000lb boat at the top of the hill and have pulled it up my slope that is about 18% with a two wheel drive van or truck many times but a running start is very helpful. My new 4wd truck does make it nicer. I keep my 12,000lb trailer at the bottom of the hill for traction reasons. Before you start up have a plan of what to do if traction fails you and keep your hand on the brake controller.
You did not give us any information on what the transition looks like going from 16% to level. I have a steeper slope in my driveway and have never had an issue with anything dragging but then I have about a 100ft long transition zone. Getting enough traction to pull a trailer up the slope can be issue, especially if it is covered in loose gravel instead with no fine materials to hold the gravel in place. If you have a 4wd truck and it weighs at least half as much as your trailer and the surface is a well packed mix you should be OK, as long as there hasn't been any hard rain to cause washouts. I keep my 4000lb boat at the top of the hill and have pulled it up my slope that is about 18% with a two wheel drive van or truck many times but a running start is very helpful. My new 4wd truck does make it nicer. I keep my 12,000lb trailer at the bottom of the hill for traction reasons. Before you start up have a plan of what to do if traction fails you and keep your hand on the brake controller.
